Mr.Kofi AnanAccra, Sept. 2, GNA – Former UN Secretary-General, Mr Kofi A. Annan was on Thursday, awarded the Borlaug Medallion by World Food Prize Foundation in recognition of his global leadership and commitment to improving food security in Africa. The Former UN Secretary-General, who is Chairman of the Board for Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), received the award... 

After several rounds of talks between the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ghana Football Association (GFA), the nation’s football governing body, regarding the remuneration of the Black Stars, the road is now clear for the payment of the players’ bonuses. A probe into the delay of the unpaid World Cup bonuses revealed that the players demanded that they are paid in hard currency... 

Ghana midfielder Sulley Muntari will stay with Italian side Inter Milan at least for this season after being included in the club’s 31-man list for this season’s Uefa Champions League. Muntari, who has had ups and downs since joining the club Serie A title winners from Portsmouth, was not in the plans of new coach Rafa Benitez for this season. He was linked with several clubs in England... 

President John Evans Atta Mills has sought permission from Fifa boss Sepp Blatter to set up a presidential commission of enquiry to investigate how the Ghana Football Association uses funds given it by the government. President Mills made the disclosure at a press briefing at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra on Wednesday night on his return from the Fifa headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. He... 

The European Union added two cargo carriers from Ghana to Europe’s list of unsafe airlines, prohibiting Meridian Airways from flying in the bloc and restricting operations by Airlift International. The ban on Meridian Airways is justified by “a series of very poor results” in inspections of the company’s aircraft, said the European Commission, the 27-nation EU’s regulatory arm. Airlift International... 

Some former workers of the defunct Ghana Airways have accused ex-President John Agyekum Kufuor for the collapse of the country’s airline. The Former workers say the erstwhile New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration must be held accountable for the airline’s collapse. According to them the NPP government had no good intentions for the airline, alleging that family members of ex president Kufuor... 

Vice President John Dramani Mahama has stated that he is not desperate to be President of Ghana. Speaking in an exclusive interview with the Chronicle newspaper in his office yesterday, in reaction to the use of T-shirts which had his effigy embossed on them, during the recent by-election held in the Atiwa constituency in the Eastern Region, he said the fact that people were seen wearing the T-shirt... 

President John Evans Atta Mills, returned home on Wednesday evening from Switzerland, after a three-day official visit. He was met on arrival by Vice President, John Dramani Mahama, Ministers of State, and Senior Military and Police officers. Briefing newsmen, President Mills said Switzerland had been Ghana’s development partners for a long time, which made identifying potential areas of mutual gain... 

Asiedu NketiaNational Democratic Congress (NDC) General Secretary, Asiedu Nketia has described the New Patriotic Party (NPP) members as animals. According to him, the NPP has since 1992 presented ‘animals’ to the electorate of the Atiwa Constituency in the Eastern Region and that those ‘animals’ end up winning the pools, adding that it is no surprise the area is still underdeveloped. Asiedu... 

E.T. MensahAfter placing a ban on employment, the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) government has taken another move to aggravate the already high rate of unemployment in the country. It has ordered the National Service Scheme (NSS) to let go of 25,000. This directive has since been communicated to the various districts across the nation. By the new directive, the affected young graduates...